A group of local officials asks The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg to apologize to the Big Apple for a New York City bakery that blamed politicians for not fulfilling orders. are.
Holterman’s Bakery, a 146-year-old family-owned business on Staten Island, was unable to take pre-orders for customers, let alone Goldberg, earlier this month because its aging boiler wasn’t working reliably. He said there was no.
“Staten Islanders do not serve people based on their political background,” New York City Councilman David Carr said at a press conference Friday.
He was joined by fellow Republicans Staten Island Borough President Vito Fosella, New York State Representatives Michael Thanosis, Michael Reilly, and Sam Pirozzolo, and Democratic Sen. Jessica Scarcella Spanton. .
They came together to demand an apology from Mr. Goldberg after his controversial episode of The View on Wednesday.
She treated her co-hosts to a tray of Charlotte Ruth to celebrate her 69th birthday. A small sponge cake topped with jam and whipped cream and dotted with maraschino cherries sprinkled with crushed nuts.
Goldberg then said that she would not reveal the name of the bakery that made them, citing her progressive political leanings, and that the bakery would not provide them to her and that someone else would get their hands on the sweet treats. He hinted that he could have put it in.
“Let me tell you, Charlotte Luce has no political leanings. And the company that made these refused to make them for me,” she told the studio audience, and gasps could be heard. Ta. “They said the oven was broken, but people went to pick it up anyway, so I won’t say who made it.”
Still, some viewers were able to guess the identity of the bakery from the sweets’ packaging.
That left New York State’s oldest bakery at a disadvantage.
Owner Jill Halterman told the news outlet that The View reps are offering sweet treats in preparation for Goldberg’s Nov. 6 talk show appearance and Nov. 13 noontime chat show broadcast. He admitted that he tried to pre-order 50 pieces.
At the time, she said, the bakery was refusing pre-orders because its equipment was unreliable.
“I told Whoopi, ‘I can’t do it right now,'” she told Entertainment Weekly. “There’s so much going on in our boiler. The building was built in 1930, so when she called me, I had no idea if I was burning everything. .”
Staff at The View were able to purchase 50 Charlotte Ruths directly from the bakery early on Nov. 13 — and Holterman said they were unaware of her affiliation.
One plumber confirmed to the Staten Island Advance that he had recently replaced his boiler, confirming his reason for denying the pre-order.
Frank Scarangelo of Scallan Plumbing told the paper: “I know most people don’t understand that bakers require steam for many of their baking needs, but I I am convinced of that,” he said. “Whoopi can’t blame Mr. Halterman or politics. In reality, the boiler broke and it was just a long-planned, long-overdue upgrade.”
On Friday, as politicians demanded a diplomatic apology from Goldberg, a driver passing by the bakery honked his horn and yelled, “Whoopee!”, the Advance reported. That’s what it means.
